Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-07-24

I.'Ii'. tlil ".it' very @Ilii pan vl
tlc surface o. "a boot is sufficient t.
-alea tla,. which theauimal can trace.
iic scent is lot able to penetrate a
.nole layer of brown paper. Il
Vas foual that the setter was
ready ~ Any moment to b. guided by
inference ms well rs by perception, AMI
tuat the act OF inference WAS insianta-
ueova. The experiments also showed
that not only the feet but the whole
ody of man cxhale q peculiar or indl-
,Idual odor. which "a dog can recognize
as that of his master amid a crowd OF
people, and that the individual quality
q this oior can be recognized at n
Great distance 10 winlwari, or IN calm
weather in any direction.
4 few days ago an engineer on the
baltimore and Ohio road, while run
hing from Peerless to llarango, OBJ
served large black object lying near
tee track. somewhere near Culyer's
woods. en- nearing the object 1t
uoy,d 10 one side, raising IT, head rs
high as the tndcr The engineer saw
tLat IT was a largo snake, but could
rot tell ITS length. Arriving at Ma
1,uco ho spread The news, and soon a
.t.t many were on the chase. The
phawas pursued for several days. Its
ack could be- pllinly seen in many
ec.s. Through the meadows 1t broke
onu the Grass. leayingA trail in cross
.Yo the road il would spread tin dust
tuting "A track eight inches wide. Thr
monster WIS finally seen about thre'
..l'. s. west Of Sparta, Ohio, and killed
i,. Daye Hunt, of Bloomfield, by be
ug Shot m the head. The snahr
measured seventeen feet two inches IN
icnghth,
The L7rctrirm Rr,jcw says that
ii,rr Albert Fricdlluder has construct
cd portable clcciric-light apparatus
consisting of an cbouitc cell containing
tlc battery. whilo : small incandes'-nt
lalupof from thrcc-caudle power 10 five
candle power is mounted on the top.
The electrodes OF the battery are car
ron and zinc, the plates being sus-
pended from an axis above the level OF
thclIQuid, which can bc tnrnc by means
ola knob on the outside OF the ease,
and thus tie plates can uc more or less
immersed in tho exciting fluid. 6y
this simple means internal resistance
of the CDl! is varied, and the light Is
oraLuatcl. When no light il required
The knob IS turned so ., t. raise TIE
electrodes entirely out of the llui..
ghc renewal OF the zine clectrodc when
consumed can be performed by an I'M
skilled person, and the exciting liquid
!. dilutcd ,ulphuric acid, into which is
thrown q powder supplied in packets
with the battery.
Ithas l..u laid downhy u. CheyrcnI
th.t tie human eye cannot b. long
employed in the perception Of . given
color without tending to become insan-
.iblc arl T. arouse an impression slnl-
hr TO that ordinarily produced by the
reicc;tionof Viii e light Or. Bccllrd
has also noticed that when tho eye IS
directed for a time upon a cOlor-I
fll. tie other eve beng closed, if
,hc,ycwli II was open be in turn closed
and the other opened "A spectre OF the
complimentary color viii beperceiycd +;
thus. if the right eye has observed a
Icd disk. the left being smut. a reversal
Of this state OF things would result in
the perception Of n green disk by the
freshly op,ned left eye. In virtue Of
the same property OF TIE eye, when two
tnts are placed beside each other the
nearest edge Of the one viii appear As
'.oagh deprived of all the color-d rays
,h.ch II my have in common with the
other. IN analogous effect isprodueed
With erays non.colored-ihat Is to sly,
termed simply Of white and black.
Tie farmers around Danbury, Conn,
have Noticed that since the advent and
use Of tie mowinC-machinc snakes Of
al kinds have year 10y year grown bean
tfU.lv les. The machines cut very
close to the ground, and, coming upon
the snakes unawares, they are cat into
numbcrlesS pieces. it is not uncom-
mon for the farmers to iiSd in the hay
pieces Of their bodies. This IS
especially true Of black snakes,
spotted adiers, ald streaked snakes.
In this line the m0wing-ma-
chine is bcnefactor but it also
destroys many small birds, and their
scarcity is beginning 10 be seen and
felt. These birds are destroyed which
build their nests in the ground. The
teeth Of the cuttiug lar tear mp the
nests and smash the eggs. Frequently
a nest Of young birds are picked up be-
Ind the machine cut almost into
.nccmoat. TheoldOnes oiteniimoslOse
legs or wings, but most generally are
Heheaded This happens because they
hear the noise of the machine and
stretch up their heads to see what Is
coming. In this way the birds that
make the meadows their home are be-
ing gradually wiped out.
The Chambersburg Repository con.
veys the information that Daniel L.
Wolf. oithat place, lays claim to being
the first commercial traveller, Or "drum.
mer." in the United States. Mr.. Wolf
Fl st engaged in business with Joseph (.
Jacob Flclinger, OF Fannettsburg,
Franklin county, where he remained
from May, 1898, to 1910. In the latter
wear he went to Chsmbcrsburg and was
engaged with George $. Eyster from
Nay, lS4O, to August, 1871. He
then went to Philadelphia, where
he was engaged by the dry-goods
and notion house OF Dunton, Gemmill x
Co. While with them he became the
first travelling salesman, or drum
mer," as they are frequently termed. in
the United States. From 1914 until
1S49 he travelled without samples, Sc
curing them from the country NOR
chants, and then filling the orders from
samples received from the customers
In lS49 Mr.. Wolff informed his en-
ployers that the samples were coming
from the wrong end ; that they should
carry the samples and sell by them.
The firm saw ut once the force OF the
argument, and from that year dated
the custom Of selling goods by sam
pies, Mr.. Wolff being the first man to
introduce it. He is yet ION the road